YOU CAN CATCH MORE THAN 30 DIFFERENT SPECIES ON THE WILD COAST!

1. Snapper /Pargo: many kinds of snappers are present in the tuna coast waters, but the big cubera snapper and the mullet snapper are the main targets for anglers. It has an average weight of 40lbs and can reach 100lbs.Fishing techniques: big poppers and livebait.Best gear: 80lbs spinning set with 80lbs braid line. Use big poppers (Dumbell pop, Roosta popper 190) with pop and stop action and sinking stickbaits (Gunz).

2. Roosterfish/Pez gallo: it is very abundant in these waters. The average size of this super fish is amazing: some specimens areover 100lbs. and have been caught on top- water lures.Fishing Techniques: spinning, top-water lures, live baits, fly fishing.Best gear: 60lbs spinning set with braid line. We use medium poppers and floating stickbaits (Strike pro 14, Sammy 128, Daiwa Saltiga).

3. Amberjack/Bojalá: living in big schools mostly in deep waters the amberjack is a very powerful fish. Average weight 20lbs to 80lbs.Fishing Techniques. Speed-Jigging, live bait, spinning topwater lures.Best gear: 60lbs speed jigging set with 100gr to 180gr butterfly jigs.

4. Yellowfin Tuna/ Atun Amarillo: huge schools of them can be found here (the coast is named after this fish), sometimes very close to the shore. The Average weight of the of the yellowfin tuna goes from 10lbs to 200lbs.Fishing Techniques: spinning top water lures, bait, trolling, fly fishing.Best gear: 60lbs to 80lbs spinning gear with big and medium poppers depending the size of the tunas.

4. Jacks/Jurel: also living in big schools ( sometimes thousands of them) they are fun to fish too with spinning top-water lures. There are four speciesofjacks: yellow jack, blue jack, bigeye jack, pompano. Average weight goes from 5 to 30 pounds.Fishing Techniques: light top-water lures, fly fishing and trolling.Best gear: same as rooster fish.

5. Groupers/ Mero: You can find a wide variety of groupers, including Jewfish (over 500lbs), broomtail grouper (100lbs).Fishing Techniques: Jigging, dead and live baits.Best gear: same as Amberjack.

Cubera wall of fame

We will reward each guest that will catch a cubera snapper bigger than 30lbs from a kayak with a special sweater and its logo from the lodge. This fish is considered as the trickiest one to be land from a kayak in Panama. Its stretch allow him ti reach the bottom very easily and break the line in the rocks. But with some skills and a lot of luck you can be the lucky one and fight this red monster until the end. Nearly all of them are caught on lures: popper, stick bait and vertical jig.